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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Rutherford Memorial Medal in Chemistry, Royal Society of Canada
  • 2008 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Keith Fagnou is a researcher affiliated with the University of Ottawa in Canada. Their work spans multiple facets of chemistry, demonstrated by the awards received throughout their career.

Notable recognitions include the Rutherford Memorial Medal in Chemistry awarded by the Royal Society of Canada in 2009, as well as being named a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2008.

The absence of documented recent papers, co-authors, publication venues, fields of study, subfields, and topics suggests a focus outside easily quantifiable publication metrics or limited availability of publicly indexed data. However, the awards indicate involvement with chemical research at a level that garnered national and international acknowledgment.

Keith Fagnou's affiliation with the University of Ottawa situates them within a significant Canadian academic institution known for advancing research in the sciences. Their recognition by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation also places them among scholars supported for promising contributions to their fields.

Best Publications

  • The catalytic cross-coupling of unactivated arenes.

    David R. Stuart;Keith Fagnou

  • Rhodium-catalyzed carbon-carbon bond forming reactions of organometallic compounds.

    Keith Fagnou;Mark Lautens

  • Overview of the Mechanistic Work on the Concerted Metallation-Deprotonation Pathway

    David Lapointe;Keith Fagnou

  • Analysis of the Concerted Metalation-Deprotonation Mechanism in Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Arylation Across a Broad Range of Aromatic Substrates

    Serge I. Gorelsky;David Lapointe;Keith Fagnou

  • Palladium-catalyzed benzene arylation: incorporation of catalytic pivalic acid as a proton shuttle and a key element in catalyst design.

    Marc Lafrance;Keith Fagnou

  • Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Isoquinolone Synthesis: The N−O Bond as a Handle for C−N Bond Formation and Catalyst Turnover

    Nicolas Guimond;Christina Gouliaras;Keith Fagnou

  • Rhodium(III)-catalyzed heterocycle synthesis using an internal oxidant: improved reactivity and mechanistic studies.

    Nicolas Guimond;Serge I. Gorelsky;Keith Fagnou

  • Indole Synthesis via Rhodium Catalyzed Oxidative Coupling of Acetanilides and Internal Alkynes

    David R. Stuart;Mégan Bertrand-Laperle;Kevin M. N. Burgess;Keith Fagnou

  • Catalytic intermolecular direct arylation of perfluorobenzenes.

    Marc Lafrance;Christopher N Rowley;Tom K Woo;Keith Fagnou

  • Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Arene and Alkene C−H Bond Functionalization Leading to Indoles and Pyrroles

    David R Stuart;Pamela Alsabeh;Michelle Kuhn;Keith Fagnou

  • Elements of regiocontrol in palladium-catalyzed oxidative arene cross-coupling.

    David R Stuart;Elisia Villemure;Keith Fagnou

  • Catalytic direct arylation with aryl chlorides, bromides, and iodides: intramolecular studies leading to new intermolecular reactions.

    Louis-Charles Campeau;Mathieu Parisien;and Annie Jean;Keith Fagnou

  • Establishment of Broadly Applicable Reaction Conditions for the Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Arylation of Heteroatom-Containing Aromatic Compounds

    Benoît Liégault;David Lapointe;Laurence Caron;Anna Vlassova

  • A solution to the 2-pyridyl organometallic cross-coupling problem: regioselective catalytic direct arylation of pyridine N-oxides.

    Louis-Charles Campeau;Sophie Rousseaux;Keith Fagnou

  • Isoquinoline synthesis via rhodium-catalyzed oxidative cross-coupling/cyclization of aryl aldimines and alkynes.

    Nicolas Guimond;Keith Fagnou

  • Halide effects in transition metal catalysis.

    Keith Fagnou;Mark Lautens

  • Intramolecular Pd(II)-catalyzed oxidative biaryl synthesis under air: reaction development and scope.

    Benoît Liégault;Doris Lee;Malcolm P Huestis;David R Stuart

  • Analysis of the palladium-catalyzed (aromatic)C-H bond metalation-deprotonation mechanism spanning the entire spectrum of arenes.

    Serge I. Gorelsky;David Lapointe;Keith Fagnou

  • Palladium-catalyzed direct arylation of simple arenes in synthesis of biaryl molecules

    Louis-Charles Campeau;Keith Fagnou

  • The Vinyl Moiety as a Handle for Regiocontrol in the Preparation of Unsymmetrical 2,3‐Aliphatic‐Substituted Indoles and Pyrroles

    Malcolm P. Huestis;Malcolm P. Huestis;Lina Chan;David R. Stuart;Keith Fagnou

Frequent Co-Authors

Serge I. Gorelsky
Serge I. Gorelsky University of Ottawa
Mark Lautens
Mark Lautens University of Toronto
Mark S. Taylor
Mark S. Taylor University of Toronto
Tom K. Woo
Tom K. Woo University of Ottawa
Olivier Baudoin
Olivier Baudoin University of Basel
Eric Clot
Eric Clot University of Montpellier
Belén Martín-Matute
Belén Martín-Matute Stockholm University

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